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国际单位制
guó jì dān wèi zhì
Pinyin
Definition
国际单位制
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guó jì dān wèi zhì
International System of Units
Related Words
(20)
位
wèi
1
position
2
location
3
place
4
seat
5
classifier for people (honorific)
6
classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
7
(physics) potential
位置
wèi zhi
1
position
2
place
3
seat
4
CL:個|个[gè]
各位
gè wèi
1
everybody
2
all (guests, colleagues etc)
3
all of you
单位
dān wèi
1
unit (of measure)
2
unit (group of people as a whole)
3
work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform)
4
CL:個|个[gè]
控制
kòng zhì
1
control
2
to exercise control over
3
to contain
位子
wèi zi
1
place
2
seat
位于
wèi yú
1
to be located at
2
to be situated at
3
to lie
价位
jià wèi
1
price level
克制
kè zhì
1
to restrain
2
to control
3
restraint
4
self-control
全方位
quán fāng wèi
1
all around
2
omnidirectional
3
complete
4
holistic
5
comprehensive
到位
dào wèi
1
to get to the intended location
2
to be in place
3
to be in position
4
precise
5
well (done)
制
zhì
1
system
2
to control
3
to regulate
4
variant of 製|制[zhì]
制定
zhì dìng
1
to draw up
2
to formulate
制度
zhì dù
1
system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc)
2
institution
3
CL:個|个[gè]
制服
zhì fú
1
to subdue
2
to check
3
to bring under control
4
(in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status
5
uniform (army, party, school etc)
6
livery (for company employees)
7
CL:套[tào]
制止
zhì zhǐ
1
to curb
2
to put a stop to
3
to stop
4
to check
5
to limit
制裁
zhì cái
1
to punish
2
punishment
3
sanctions (incl. economic)
制造业
zhì zào yè
1
manufacturing industry
原位
yuán wèi
1
original position
2
(in) the same place
3
normal position
4
the place where one currently is
5
in situ
品位
pǐn wèi
1
rank
2
grade
3
quality
4
(aesthetic) taste
Idioms
(12)
人位相宜
rén wèi xiāng yí
1
to be the right person for the job (idiom)
以夷制夷
yǐ yí zhì yí
1
to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties)
2
Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
先发制人
xiān fā zhì rén
1
to gain the initiative by striking first (idiom); to preempt
2
to anticipate
3
preemptive
加官进位
jiā guān jìn wèi
1
promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
各就各位
gè jiù gè wèi
1
(of the people in a group) to get into position (idiom)
2
(athletics) On your mark!
因地制宜
yīn dì zhì yí
1
(idiom) to use methods in line with local circumstances
因时制宜
yīn shí zhì yí
1
(idiom) to use methods appropriate to the current situation
如法泡制
rú fǎ pào zhì
1
lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
2
to follow the same plan
如法炮制
rú fǎ páo zhì
1
lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
2
fig. to follow a set pattern
尸位素餐
shī wèi sù cān
1
to hold a sinecure (idiom)
粗制滥造
cū zhì làn zào
1
to churn out large quantities without regard for quality (idiom); rough and slipshod work
长生禄位
cháng shēng lù wèi
1
tablet and altar honoring a great benefactor (idiom)
Sample Sentences